Chrissie Kremer

We all love our jeans, but this fall there are also a lot of great, lightweight, ‘pull-on’ pants on the market that are a great option for when you don’t want denim or ‘stiff’ pants. Think of your favorite summer pull-on linen pants, but for fall.  Offered in a variety of materials/textures, some can be […]

If you told Arielle Ford 30 years ago she’d publish her first novel in her 70s, she’d have laughed. Back then, she was running a high-flying PR firm in Los Angeles, working with luxury hotels, art galleries, and clients on Rodeo Drive. Life was fast, glamorous, and busy — until she decided she only wanted

I (Chrissie) spent the summer after my freshman year of college living with eight friends on Martha’s Vineyard, where I painted houses and waitressed. So I was excited to return to the Vineyard for the first time in decades for a family summer vacation.  We have traveled a lot as a family, but we had

Loafers have been around longer than we have, and have gone in and out of style. This fall, loafers are IN! There are classic loafer styles, as well as those with a slightly ‘boat shoe’ influence. There are basic, hard black and brown leather loafers, as well as those with newer color options and those

Not many people can list the following on their resume: engineer, member of the Royal Air Force, management consultant, survival training graduate, traveler to 105 countries, Stanford MBA, awarded in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition (1 of the 100 images out of 60,000 entries chosen and then exhibited in Natural History museums worldwide

Do you remember when Bobbi Brown makeup launched? It was 1991, and it was a game-changer for those of us who didn’t like or wear make-up because it made us look fake and too made-up. The line launched with 10 brown based lipsticks that celebrated natural beauty, and we hopped on this natural beauty bandwagon.

We hope you loved our  Part 1 and Part 2 of Fashion Brands to Know Now – we sure had fun putting it all together for you. Here’s our final installment – 5 more brands to have on your radar as they make beautiful, stylish clothes for today’s woman. The Frankie Shop Jo was just

We’re back with Part 2 of Fashion Brands to Know! Here is the link to Part 1, in case you missed it, and Part 3 is coming soon. K-Way Founded in Paris in 1965, this brand of rain gear is one of Jo’s favorites and comes in very handy in Seattle, her rainy hometown. On

We love to keep you updated on brands to watch, and based on past readership numbers, you enjoy reading about them! Some of these brands may be repeats of prior mentions, but we wanted to err on the side of too many vs. too few to make sure you have all the info. SO, we

We recommend books weekly…some we like, some we LOVE and we also let you know when a popular book is not one we enjoy. You can access our full list of 2025 recommended books, our best of 2024 books and our ‘best ever books broken out by category’ list. Below is our FabList of  our